Ninth Emeritus Lecture Honoring John J.
Gumperz

EXHIBIT: Crosstalk, Communication Documentary Series Broadcast on the
BBC.

Crosstalk, first
broadcast on BBC television May 1, 1979, was a pioneering effort in applied
sociolinguistics. It was one of a series of ten programs entitled
Multi-Racial Britain. Crosstalk confronted the issue of workplace
miscommunication that comes from racial and ethnic stratification. Gumperz's
recent research on gender inequality and miscommunication in the academic
setting can be seen as an outgrowth of this work.